Sliding-door fastener



vNo. 607,495. Y Patented Ju|y l9, |898. .I. R. WASHBURN.

summ; DOOR FASTENER. (Application fi led Sept. 21, 1897.) (No Model.)

' ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES ATENT Fries.

JOHN RANDEL IVASHBURN, OF VALLEY JUNCTION, \VISCONSIN.

SLIDING-DOOR FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 607,495, dated July 19,1898.

Application filed September 21, 1897. erial No. 652,471. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN RANDEL WVASH- BURN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Valley Junction, in the county of Monroe and Stateof \Visconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inFastening Devices for Doors, Gates, and Similar Articles, of which thefollowing is a full and complete specification, such as will enablethose skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to fastening devices for doors; and the objectthereof is to provide an improved device of thisclass which may be usedin connection with any door and which is especially adapted for use inconnection with sliding doors, a further object being to provide animproved fastening device of this class which may be used in connectionwith gates, hinged windows, and similar articles.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accompany ing drawingsform apart, in which Figure 1 is a sideview of one side of a doorframe and showing a door in section and myimproved fastening device connected with the door-frame, and Fig. 2 asection on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

In the drawings forming part of this specification the separate partsof-my improvement are designated by the same numerals of reference ineach of the views, and in said drawings I have shown at 5 a part of oneside of a door-frame, and at 6 a part of a sliding door, and in thepractice of my invention I secure to the inner side of the door a stapleor other fastening device 7, and secured to the frame 5 of the door isanother staple or similar device 8. I also provide a bar 9, which isprovided with a head 10, which is pivotally connected with the staple 8and to which is pivoted at 11 a catch or similar device 12, which isprovided with a cross-head 13 and which is adapted to enter a slot 14,formed in the head 15 of the supplemental bar 16, which is provided atthe end opposite the staple 8 with an'angular extension 17, which ispivoted to the end of the bar 9 at 18, and I also provide an auxiliarybar 19, which is provided with a head 20, which is pivotally connectedwith the end of the supplemental bar 16 at 21, and the free end of thebar 19 is provided with two prongs or hooks 22, which project inopposite directions.

Only one of the prongs or hooks 22 is absolutely necessary, and the endof the supplemental bar 16 adjacent to the staple 8 is provided with anotch or recess 23,with which the cross-head 13 of the catch 12 isadapted to engage.

The operation will be readily understood from the foregoing descriptionwhen taken in connection with the accompanying draw-' ings and thefollowing statement thereof.

When the door 6 is swung or moved into the position shown in thedrawings, one of the hooks 22 is connected with the staple 7, as clearlyshown in the drawings, and the supplemental bar 16 is then swung intothe position shown in Fig. 2, and the catch 12 is connected therewith,as is also shown in said figure, and whenever it is desired to open thedoor the free end of the supplemental bar 16 is pressed inwardly and thepivoted catch 12 released, and the bar 16 is then swung outwardly, so asto release the tension on the auxiliary bar 19, which. may then bedisconnected from the staple 7.

The swinging of the supplemental bar into the position shown in Fig. 2draws the auxiliary bar 19 taut and securely holds the door in theclosed position, and it will thus be seen that I accomplish the objectof my invention by means of a device which is simple in construction andoperation and perfectly adapted to produce the result for which it isintended.

It will also be apparent that this device may be used in connection withgates, hinged windows, and similar articles and when used in connectionwith a gate the staple 8 is secured to the gate-post and the staple 7secured to the gate, and when used in connection with a window thestaple 8 issecured to one side of the window-frame and the staple 7 tothe sash, and it will be apparent that changes in and modifications ofthe construction herein described may be made without departing from thespirit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages.

Having fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent--= 1. A fastening device for doors, gates and otherarticles, said fastening device consisting of a staple or similar deviceas 8, a bar pivotally connected therewith, a supplemental bar providedat one end with an angular extension which is pivotally connected withthe free end of the first-named bar, a catch pivotally connected withsaid firstnamed bar, and adapted to operate in connection with the freeend of the supplemental bar, and an auxiliary bar pivotally connectedwith said supplemental bar adjacent to the angular extension of the endthereof, said auxiliary bar being provided at its free end with a hook,substantially as shown and described.

2. The fastening device herein described,

JOHN RANDEL \VASIIBURN.

\Vitnesses:

II. II. SHERWOOD, A. L. IIALSTEAD.

